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Definition of Timely
1. Adverb. At an opportune time. "Your letter arrived apropos"
2. Adjective. Before a time limit expires. "The timely filing of his income tax return"
3. Adjective. Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time. "The book's publication was well timed"
Similar to: Opportune
Derivative terms: Seasonableness, Time, Timeliness, Timeliness
Definition of Timely
1. a. Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.
2. adv. Early; soon; in good season.
Definition of Timely
1. Adjective. Done at the proper time. ¹
2. Adjective. Happening or appearing at the proper time. ¹
3. Adverb. (archaic) In good time; early, quickly. ¹
4. Adverb. (obsolete) At the right time; seasonably. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timely
1. occurring at the right moment [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timely
Literary usage of Timely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Yet, with timely attention sharply drawn to defendant's contention with respect
to the date of delivery, plaintiff's counsel made no request to amend his ..."
2. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"... and how it was for want of timely entering into measures and managements, as
well public as private, that all the confusions that followed were brought ..."
3. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1893)
"... timely ARRIVAL. D'ARTAGNAN drew out at Blois the sum of money that Mazarin,
in his desire to have him near him, had decided to give him for his future ..."
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